Post by Stewart / Redsky

In the mid 90’s my walk to patch into Worcs farmland held a colony of Tree Sparrow, Lapwing, the odd Curlew & good nos Yllhmr & Skylark. A few Yellowhammer & Skylark still otherwise woodland birds, crows, pigeons & migrant warblers make up the numbers. I’d give up birding if that was my only patch

aug 30, 2025, 9:18 am • 2 0 • view

Welcome to my world. Although I do see lots of crows, magpies and wood pigeons and, er, lots of crows, magpies and wood pigeons.

aug 29, 2025, 11:04 am • 4 0 • view

Forgot to mention lotsa lovely pheasants too.😏

aug 29, 2025, 11:05 am • 2 0 • view

I am blind to pheasants....

aug 29, 2025, 4:12 pm • 1 0 • view

Sounds more like my local area.

aug 29, 2025, 11:12 am • 3 0 • view

Yes Stewart. Depressingly familiar. Wasn’t always this way.

aug 29, 2025, 7:11 am • 1 0 • view

I’m lucky I only live a few hundred yards from a riverside SSSI. I do get plenty of different birds over the garden. Including Crossbill last week. But the garden itself is basically Wood Pigeon, Blackbird, H. Sparrow and Robin 😔

aug 30, 2025, 10:11 am • 1 0 • view

Starlings mainly Stew.

aug 29, 2025, 4:20 pm • 1 0 • view

Yup, same Crows, Gulls and Wood Pigeons.

aug 29, 2025, 12:34 pm • 1 0 • view

We were very lucky to come across a Greenish this week, but no Wheatear, Pied Fly or Whinchat etc. It’s a real challenge to keep going out looking…

aug 29, 2025, 7:33 pm • 4 0 • view

I live in my patch Tim so it's kind of forced on me...😊

aug 29, 2025, 8:04 pm • 2 0 • view

Same here! Right by the sea too. I came here so I bird from home on foot. I have to walk the dog and that gets me out regardless of the birding. Just wish it were still like it was 20 years ago and earlier. 🤷‍♂️

aug 29, 2025, 8:20 pm • 5 0 • view

That's me too, several dog walks a day, gets me around a non specific ransom bit of over farmed coast...👍

aug 29, 2025, 8:25 pm • 4 0 • view

It’s that time of year, very little about.

aug 29, 2025, 7:32 am • 1 0 • view

August has the largest bird populations than any other time of year with all new young on the wing. I used to enjoy flocks of dispersing juvs coming through plus anything can fly by, but yesterday there was nothing at all!

aug 29, 2025, 7:46 am • 3 0 • view

My last effort in and around around the garden (23-Aug) produced 31 species - I must be lucky here.

aug 29, 2025, 10:01 pm • 1 0 • view

You really are...

aug 30, 2025, 8:06 am • 1 0 • view

That’s true, but my experience is that they do a good job of keeping themselves hidden, at least inland. If you encounter a large mixed flock of small birds, great but while it may be possible to see anything, it’s also equally possible to see nothing.

aug 29, 2025, 7:56 am • 1 0 • view

It gets worse every year Stewart. All rather depressing.

aug 29, 2025, 7:53 am • 2 0 • view

Very quiet here in Durham - few waders at Castle Lake, resident wildfowl, small teal influx, 50 hirundine & nice 20odd Willow/Chiffs working a hedge this morning, but depressingly dead. In garden at the mo only sound in last 5 mins - woodpig, wind, dog & resident Stihl saw.

aug 31, 2025, 12:34 pm • 1 0 • view

Had Redpoll and Bullfinch over during the week both only few times each year. Been terrible for Swifts this year here.

aug 31, 2025, 1:11 pm • 2 0 • view

Did have pair of Hobby over garden Monday. Swifts were late & the usual pair nesting next door…didn’t. 10 years ago we had load of Swifts nesting Boro town centre - none now.

aug 31, 2025, 2:07 pm • 1 0 • view